Hello Friend
I was banded Dec 2005. It happened in June, I was eating some pizza, ate too fast and too much, then experience horrible chest pain...food got stuck....finally I threw it up, then experience heart that night that kept me up at night, then in August, I was eating some chicken too close to bedtime, again, ate too much and went to bed, then it felt like it was stuck, finally, I went to the bathroom and thru up violently, it tasted awful and it was black liquid. I was very scared, I went back on liquids to try to heal. I was taking tums and that really didn't help. After about 6 weeks of this, I called Dr Martinez in TJ, he said that it wasn't coming from my stomach but that it was coming from the pouch and that I needed to come see him for a De-fill, which I did and have since compleley improved, my esophagus has healed. I am going back to TJ to get another fill
Hello
Are you still on meds? I had a de-fill a month ago and my esophagus has healed and I am going to go back to TJ and have another fill and am worried about the Acid reflux coming back. Dr Martinez says the acid reflux was a result of the band too tight and I was throwing up everyday.